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Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara? - The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books (Paperback) Loot Price: R510
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Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara? - The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books (Paperback)

Jenny Bond, Chris Sheedy

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The captivating stories behind fifty of the greatest authors and their most famous literary creations Before Who the Hell is Pansy O'Hara ?, there had never been a single volume that explored the backstories of so many of the greatest books in the English language. A work sure to captivate all lovers of language and literature, it reveals in short, pithy chapters, the lives, loves, motivations, and quirky, fascinating details involving fifty of the best-loved books of the Western world. - When stacked up, the original manuscript of Gone With the Wind stood taller than Margaret Mitchell, its 4' 9 1/2" author - Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, was part of the Allied team that cracked the Nazi's Enigma code - Leo Tolstoy's wife copied War and Peace by hand . . . seven times From The Great Gatsby to Harper Lee, from Jaws to J. K . Rowling, Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara? offers an entertaining and informative journey through the minds of writers and the life experiences that took these amazing works from notion to novel.

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Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2008
First published: August 2008
Authors: Jenny Bond • Chris Sheedy
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-311364-5
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works
Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary
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Books > Biography > Literary
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LSN: 0-14-311364-X
Barcode: 9780143113645

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